Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/19/1989
Commonwealth v. Watson
Citations
- 565 A.2d 132
- 523 Pa. 51
- 1989 Pa. LEXIS 384
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- awareness that victim, appellant's former long-time girlfriend, had a new boyfriend was not sufficient legal provocation
- grave risk of death to another person found where the victim’s son was hiding inside of a closet when the defendant randomly fired a bullet into the closet which missed the young boy and lodged into the door frame
- relating facts underlying appellee’s convictions
- relating facts underlying appellee's convictions
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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Stout, Former
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- Commonwealth v. Mason, L., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-12-29· cited 619×
- Commonwealth v. DiamondSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-12-27· cited 219×
- Commonwealth v. RiosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-10-30· cited 141×
- Commonwealth v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-09-30· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. LaichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-08-17· cited 107×
- Commonwealth v. BlystoneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-19· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-29· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. LawrenceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-05-30· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. BreakironSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-04-09· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. WatsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-07-22· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. WheatonPotter County Court of Common Pleas· 1991-11-14· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. Fuentes-FloresLancaster County Court of Common Pleas· 2008-05-21
Cites
22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
- Adams v. TexasSupreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 1,718×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 1,351×
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-30· cited 709×
- Commonwealth v. FreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-13· cited 262×
- Commonwealth v. HardcastleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-10· cited 233×
- Commonwealth v. PeterkinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-25· cited 215×
- Commonwealth v. HolzerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-27· cited 195×
- Cox v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1984-10-29· cited 180×
- Commonwealth v. HudeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-11· cited 170×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-03-29· cited 139×
- Commonwealth v. StoykoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-17· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. YarrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-17· cited 120×
- Commonwealth v. HolcombSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-10-04· cited 114×
- Commonwealth v. GriffinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-26· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. AlbrechtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-23· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. PhelanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-09-26· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. LoganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-18· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-17· cited 22×
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